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wordancer
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0 posted 2001-01-28 09:58 PM


there is no beauty in war. . .

my far-staring eyes see no more
a new mouth grins underneath a baby-faced chin
as the startled mind screams a last red-river stream
oh, this belly, a nest of squirming white worms
blindly falls out to steam in the radiant light
how futilely these empty hands twitch
to reach for a loved one so far away
and see those legs of mine? why they
don’t run anymore. . .detach in surprise
they lay—a forgotten article of war.

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mystic requiem
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since 2001-01-26
Posts 144

1 posted 2001-01-29 09:28 AM


You should have put this one in the dark
room where it could be appreciated.
What a wild nightmare of a dream.
Extremely intense indeed. Good job.
*thanx*

mYsTiC

wordancer
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2 posted 2001-01-29 03:45 PM


hum...

thanks for the reply, it was almost too intense for me...lol.  The images flitted through my mind last  night just as I was drifting off to sleep ...woke up so startled that I had to get out of bed to write it down.



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pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
3 posted 2001-01-29 04:09 PM


"dark as the night that covers me.." Invictus

this is a gripping piece..short, horrific. nice work.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost


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